Reversible stove.



F. G. SUTTON.

REVERSIBLE STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 1914.

1,094,758. Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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y [N VEN TOR FRANK G. SUTTON, 0F SGRANTON, PENNSYLVANTA.

REVERSIBLE STOVE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Application filed January 22, 1914. Serial No. 813,707.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK G. SUTTON, of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Stoves; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in stoves, and more particularly wood or coal cooking ranges or stoves, the object being to construct a stove of sections, some of which are adapted to be used either side up, so that the fire pot may be located either at the right or left hand side of the stove, as necessity, or the desire of the purchaser may dictate, thus adapting the stove to the position it is to occupy in the kitchen, and dispensing with the necessity of making some with the fire pot at the right hand side and others at the left hand side.

With this object in view my invention consists in the parts and combination of parts as will be more fully explained and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in elevation of my improved stove; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the sections reversed; Fig. 3 is a view in transverse section of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a View in vertical longitudinal section; Fig. 5 is a view in horizontal section; Figs. (3 and 7 are views showing the manner of connecting the sections and Fig. 8 is a view in perspective showing the crown plate and damper.

The stove is composed primarily of a top section 1, an intermediate section 2 and a bottom section 3. The intermediate section 2 is rectangular in shape, closed at one side and both ends, and open at the top and bottom, and is provided in its front with two door openings, one for the baking oven 4, and the other for the fire box or pot 5. The

oven 4 is immediately adjacent the fire pot 5, and extends from the front to the back of the section 2, and stops short of the other end, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, so as to form a flue G for the passage down of the heat, smoke and products of combustion, when the direct draft damper 7 is closed. This section 2 of the stove, is also provided centrally at its rear with an integral external flue 8, (see Fig. 5) which is in open communication with the interior of the stove above and below oven 4, and is adapted to be closed at the top by damper 7, when it is desired to direct the heat and products of combustion down flue 6, and under the oven 4 to the opening 9 in flue 8 below the oven. The fire pot 5 is at one side of the oven 4, and flue 6 at the other side, and the oven 4 is located midway between the top and bottom of section 2, so that when said section is in either of its positions, for a right or left hand stove, there will be the same size flue space above and below the oven 4.

Lower section 3 of the stove is closed at one side and both ends and is open at the top and bottom, and is provided in its front with two openings one for the warming oven 10, and the other for the ash pit 11, the warming oven 10, extending from the ash pit to the end of the section 3 and forming a closure or bottom for the flue 6. This oven 10 is located centrally between the upper and lower edges of section 3, so that it will be the same distance from, and bear the same relation to, oven 4 when in either of its two positions.

The top section 1 is provided with the usual openings for cooking utensils and cover plates, and is provided centrally at its rear edge, with the flue opening 12 which is in line with flue 8, and has a collar 13 for the attachment of the smoke pipe.

Sections 2 and 3 are each provided on its upper and lower edges with the inwardly projecting flanges 14 provided at intervals with inclined or wedge shaped enlargements 15, (best shown in Figs. 6 and 7) adapted to receive the securing clamps 16 which latter tie the parts together. I prefer to make the flange 14 on the intermediate section 2, in the form of a gutter to receive a packing of asbestos, or asbestos cement or other scaling material, so as to prevent undue loss of heat at the joints.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1, the oven is at the right side, and for the purpose of this case I will refer to it as a right hand stove. If it be desired or necessary to set it up as a left hand stove, the lower sec tion 3 would be turned completely over endwise, thus carrying the warming oven over to the left, and the ash pit to the right as shown in Fig. 2; section 2 is then placed on section 3 with its oven 4 over oven 10 in section 3, and its fire pot 5 over ash pit 11, and are secured together as explained. Top

l which is not reversible and need not be, is provided with a depending flange 17 the lower edge of which is inwardly turned and made wedge shape as previously described in connection with sections 2 and 3, for the securing clamps 16. This top section 1 is also provided with depending integral lingers 18, having notched lower ends which form bearings for the trunnions 19 of damper 7, which is actuated by the rod 20 passing through the front of section 1, and is provided at its outer end with a handle 22, by which it may be actuated to open or close the damper. This top section also projects at both ends of the stove as shown in Fl 4:, and is provided at each end with slots 23 for the attachment of a removable shelf, and it is also provided at its front with two openings 24:, one of which (the one over the oven) is always closed by the crown plate to be hereinafter referred to, while the one over the fire pot is controlled by a damper carried by the reversible crown plate 26. The plate 26 is curved as saown in Fig. 8, and is provided on its under side with the parallel lips 27, adapted to receive the lugs 28 formed integral with the depending flange of the top section 1.

Both openings 24; in the top plate are provided at their ends and lower e lge with the marginal flanges 29 which form seats or supports for the crown plate 26, and en elude all air except that which enters through the damper 25. This damper is located over the fire pot, hence with a right hand stove, the crown piece 26 would be turned to bring the damper at the left hand end, the other, or closed end of the crown piece, closing the opening 2% at the right hand end of the stove. When the crown piece is in place the handle 22 of the damper 18 is concealed by he same, as shown in Fig. 3.

The intermediate section 2 is provided on its front, above and below the door openings therein with a plurality of brackets 30, having openings through same for the passage of lugs 31 integral with the removable shelf 32. This shelf extends approximately the length of the stove under the doors, the brackets at the top being covered and concealed by the doors.

As shown in Fig. 1, the doors are applied to a right hand. stove. If however the sections were turned to convert it into a left hand stove as shown in Fig. 2, the doors would be disconnected and applied to the opposite sides of the hinge sections which are integral with the stove, thus uncovering the brackets which are now concealed and covering those now shown supporting the shelf 32. The doors on the lower section 3 are also changed in the same way so that they will rest on the hinge sections integral with the stove members. The keepers 34 section on both sections 2 and 3, are notched on both sides to receive the latches on the doors. The lower section 3 is provided in its front with two doors 35, one above and the other below oven 10, through which the flue under even t may be cleaned out.

The fire pot may hve alining of refractory clay, or it may have a water back 36 as shown. This lining is supported on the ring 3'? which is retained in place by the supports 38 resting on the flanges ldat the upper edge of a section 3, all of said parts being freely removable so that they may be properly adjusted in a stove in which the lire pot is to the right instead of at the left hand as shown in Fig. l. The pipe openings through section 2 to the water back are also located equidistant from the upper and lower edges of said section so as to provide for such reversal of parts. The supports 38, which carry the lining, are also provided with ears 39 to which the grate carrying bars 40 are adjustably secured. These bars d0, one at the front and one at the rear, support the grate and provide for the necessary movements of same.

The lower end of the ash pit 11 is closed by the removable bottom let", which, as shown in Fig. 4-, is provided at its side edges with beveled ribs Lil, which latter rest on lugs 1 1 cast integral with the side walls of the ash pit. This bottom 1 t is introduced from the rear, and when in place rests against the lower face of flange let and is held in place by the name.

lVith this construction, the several sections are complete, ready to be assembled for either a. right or left hand stove and thus dispenses with the necessity of carrying a. series of each kind in stock and greatly siniplilies and reduces the cost of manufacture.

it is evident that many slight changes might be resorted to in the relative arrangcment of parts shown and described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I would have it understood that I do not wish to confine myself to the exact construction and arrangement of parts shown and described but,

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A stove composed of a plurality of sections, each provided with door openings on one side only, the said sections adapted to be used either side up so as to bring the tire pot and ash pit at either end of the stove.

2. A stove composed of a pluralit of sections, two sections of which are adapted to be used either side up, one of said sections having a fire pot and oven and the other an ash pit.

A stove composed of a plurality of sections each adapted to be used either side up,

one of said sections having a fire pot and oven and the other an ash pit and oven, the door openings of said parts being in the front side only of said sections.

A stove composed of top, bottom and intermediate sections, the bottom and intermediate sections adapted to be used either side up, the intermediate section having a iii-e pot and oven and the bottom section an ash pit, the openings to said parts being at the front side only.

5. A stove composed of three superimposed sections the two lower sections adapted to be used either side up so as to bring the fire pot and ash pit either to the right or left. end of the stove.

6. A stove composed of three superimposed sections, the two lower sections of which are adapted to be used either side up, the intermediate sections having a fire pot and an oven and the lower section an ash pit and an oven, the two ovens cooperating to form a flue around the upper oven.

'7. A stove composed of two superimposed sections both of which are adapted to be used either side up, the upper one of which has an oven and a fire pot and the lower one an oven and an ash pit, a draft flue at the rear of the upper oven and communicating with the stove above and below said oven and a damper for permitting a direct draft, or for directing the heat and products of combustion around the upper oven.

8. A stove composed of a plurality of sections two of which are adapted to be used either side up, one of said sections having a fire pot and oven, and a removable lining and grate for the reversible fire pot.

9. A stove composed of a plurality of sections two of which are adapted to be used either side up, and each having inwardly projecting flanges at its upper and lower edges, and clamps engaging the adjacent flange of the two parts for locking them together.

10. A stove composed of two sections adapted to be used either side up, a topsection, and a damper mounted in bearings carried by said top section.

11. A stove composed of a top section, two lower sections adapted to be used either side up, the upper of said sections having a fire pot and an oven and the other an ash pit and oven, and a removable bottom for the ash pit, the said bottom adapted for use in both positions of the lower section.

12. A stove composed of two sections adapted to be used either side up, a top section having damper openings therein and a removable crown plate having a damper to cooperate with one of said openings and cover and close the other.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK G. SUTTON. lVitnesses:

GEO. F. DOWNING, R. S. FERGUSON.

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